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2222 PROCLAMATION S, 1909. _f$‘i“§1’·‘°°9· Br rms Pnnsrmmr or me Uurrmn Srnms or Ammo.; A PROCLAMATION F,,’£Q{"§‘;h_ N““°“°l WHEREAS, the public lands in the State of Michigan, which are Pr¤¤i¤b1¤· hereinafter indicated, are in art covered with timber, and it a pears ldiat the pipblic good would be promoted by utilizing said lands as a ational orest; mggfgfl F°’°""· Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United V<>1·26.1>-1103- States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty-four of the Act of Congress, approved March third, eighteen ‘ hundred and ninety-one, entitled, "An Act to repeal timber—culture laws, and for other purposes," do proclaim that there are hereby reserved from settlement or entry and set apart as a public reservation, for the use and benefit of the pplople, all the tracts of land, in tjhe Statefof lll10h1g8D, shpwn ps the `c 'gan National Forest on the _ _ iavram ornnng a part ereo . ,,,§§(f' "gm ”°‘ "" The withdrawal made by this proclamation shall, as to all lands which are at this date lega y appropriated under the (public land laws or reserved for any public purpose, be subject to, an shall not interfere with or defeat legal rights under such appropriation, nor prevent the use for such public purpose of lands so reserved, so long as such pppropriation IS egally maintained, or such reservation remains in orce. · IN WITNESS WIIEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the Citv of Washixigton this 11th day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine, [sniu,.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-third. Tnnononn Roosnvmrr By the President: Ronmrr Bao0N ` Secretary of State. __E$**'¤¤'Yu· 1°°°· Br rum Pnzsmmrr or rm; Uxrrmn S·rA·rns or Anmuca. A PROCLAMATION ébraham 1.m¤¤1¤. WVHEREAS by Joint Resolution of Congress it is provided "That ,,,,${‘,§°{f#l'# 02m""` the twelfth day of February, nineteen hundred and nine, the same "’°¤¤*>**‘· being the centenlpiallpmivegsaq of thplbirtlhhoi Abraham Lincoln, be and the same is ere y ma e a specia ega o iday in the District of Columbia and the Territories of the United States" · 7 And IVHEREAS by the said Joint Resolution the·President is authorized to issue a lfproclantation in accordance with the foregoing setting apap? the-i tilwpl th day of February, nineteen hundred and nine, as as cia e a o`dav· February 1;. mm. NOW, THEREFORE; I, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, President %<fg,,{ "’°°"‘l '°‘“l of the United States of America, in virtue of the authority conferred upon me by the said Joint Resolution, do hereby set apart the twelfth lday of February, nineteen hundred and nine, as a special legal o iday. IN YWITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.